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Two out of three of octogenarians benefitted from delayed resection of spinal meningiomas
Ville Vasankari1, Roel Hubert Louis Haeren2, Mika Niemela1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Background:
Can elderly patients with thoracic meningioma and severe paraparesis benefit from delayed surgery?
Case Description:
Two out of three octogenarians with severe preoperative paraparesis (all wheelchair-bound) were able to walk again following delayed (60-120 days from onset of deficit) surgical resection of thoracic spinal meningiomas.
Conclusion:
Two out of three octogenarians with thoracic meningiomas causing severe paraparesis benefitted from the delayed (i.e. from 60 to 289 days) surgical resection of their tumors.
